Hyperintense areas in the cisternal segments of the cranial nerves: a magnetic resonance imaging study.

Surg Radiol Anat

Department of Neurological Surgery, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, 2-1-1 Tomioka, Urayasu, Chiba, 279-0021, Japan.

Published: April 2022

Purpose: The study aimed to explore hyperintense areas in the cisternal segments of the cranial nerves using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Methods: Seventy outpatients underwent thin-sliced, coronal constructive interference steady-state (CISS) sequence and sagittal T2-weighted MRI following conventional MRI examination.

Results: With the coronal CISS sequence, hyperintense areas were located in the central parts of the olfactory bulbs in 65.7% of patients. For the intracranial optic nerve and optic chiasm, hyperintense areas were detected in 98.6% of the CISS sequences and 100% of the T2-weighted images. In the optic tract, hyperintense areas were detected in 51.4% of cases. In 35% of the patients who underwent the CISS sequence, the intracranial optic nerves were considerably compressed by the internal carotid and anterior cerebral arteries, with hyperintense areas similar to those in patients without vascular compression. Hyperintense areas of the cisternal segments of the oculomotor nerve and trigeminal root were identified in 52.9% and 87.1% of the patients, respectively.

Conclusions: The hyperintense areas found within the cisternal segments of the cranial nerves delineated on the coronal CISS sequence and sagittal T2-weighted imaging may indicate the intracranial part of the glymphatic pathway through the cranial nerves. The cranial nerves may function as part of the glymphatic pathway.

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